RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Transportation has unveiled plans to eliminate seven railroad crossings in the coming years.

Locomotives barreling across roads often cause commuter back-ups and wrecks, and when a train hits a car, the car always loses.

That's always a concern to Monica Verhaeghe of Raleigh, whose children's preschool is on Millbrook Road. The school is near Atlantic Avenue and a busy railroad intersection.

"This particular track crossing is really dangerous because it's literally right outside our school," Verhaeghe told ABC11. She said she knows what can happen, especially when so many drivers are distracted these days.

"There's a lot of traffic," Verhaeghe said. "This is one of the main arteries of Raleigh. And I think when you have a situation like this there's bound to be an accident on the tracks. And I've seen really a lot of close calls. We use it every day that we come to school."

On Monday, the Millbrook Road crossing and six others on the rail line will be the subject of a community meeting sponsored by the Rail Division of the NC Department of Transportation.